Ash tray



H. A. STER June 17, 1930.

ASH TRAY Filed Jan. 13, 1928 A TTORA EYS.

Patented June 17, 1930 PATENT OFFICE IiIARRY ABRAHAM STERN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ASH TRAY Application filed January 13, 1928. Serial No. 246,464.

This invention relates to ash receivers or receptacles and has for its object to provide able drawer.

a boxlike easing into which the ashes from cigars, cigarettes or pipes may be dropped or deposited and confined so as to prevent the dust from flying out of the same.

One of the objects of provide an ash receiver or receptacle constructed and arranged with a su erposed bod into which tobacco ashes or d be eposited and dropped within a remov- Another object of my invention is to construct an ash receiver or receptacle for use by smokers in which the main ash receiving compartment is equipped with a superposed body into which the tobacco ashes is deposited, including provision within said body for brushing or scraping the ashes from the cigar, cigarette or pipe, as the case may be and prevent the said ashes from flying into the atmosphere.

A further object of my invention is to provide an ash receiver or receptacle having a removable drawer and a superposed body on the top of said receiver or receptacle, said body being equipped with a combined, removable cigar or cigarette rest and a blade like projection against which the cigar or cigarette may be rubbed or brushed so that the ashes thereof may drop into the drawer of said receptacle.

To enable others skilled in the art to more fully comprehend the underlying features of my invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which Fig. 1 is. a perspective view, the drawer of said receiver or receptacle being part-1y open.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the removable rest and the blade for the superposed body of the receptacle.

Referring now to the drawing, 5 desigmy invention is toirt may nates the bottom, 6 the side Walls, 7 the end wall and 8 the top of a suitable rectangular receptacle or container preferably of metal or other light material. The bottom, top, side walls and end wall may be joined'in any so suitable manner as manufacturing necessitles may require.

The receptacle or container is provided with a drawer 9 removable through the open front 10, said drawer having the usual knob 11. The front 12 of the drawer is provided with top and side flanges 13, 14 which slightly overlap the top and sides of the receptacle or container thus sealing the drawer when in its closed position. On the inner side of the m front wall of the drawer there is provided a spring catch 15 preferably riveted thereto and adapted to lock with the tongue 16 on the front edge of the top.

Referring particularly to Fig. 2 of the 5 drawing, it will be noted that the top 8 of the receptacle is provided with'an opening 17 and over the said opening there is positioned a superposed body, the vertical side walls 18,

19 of which are provided with bottom flanges, said flanges being bent inwardly beneath the top 8 and riveted thereto as at 20. The superposed body'is considerably smaller than the main receptacle or container and of course, has a false bottom through which the tobacco ashes may fall to the removable drawer.

Fastene'd to the top 8 of the receptacle are spring clips 21, 22 for retalnlng book matches 23 or a box of matches as indlcated by numeral 24.

The opposed side walls of the superposed body are provided with top notches 25, 26 adj acent the corners adapted to receive the o1 gar or cigarette rests 27, 28 located on the upper ends of the vertical strips 29, 30 of a substantially inverted, T-shaped, removable flat plate 31. The strips are disposed at an obtuse angle relative to the plate 31 which extendssubstantially diagonally across the interior of the 00 superposed body and adjacent the bottom opening therein. The strips frictionally engage the opposed walls 18, 19 which hold the plate 31 in position.

The plate 31 is further provided with an integral blade or projection 32 extending u wardly therefromand somewhat beyond tiie open top of the superposed body. The blade tapers toward the blunt point 33 which may be employed to flick or brush oif the ashes from cigars, cigarettes or to be used to scrape a pipe bowl. In any event, the ashes drop through the superposed body into the drawer beneath where the ashes are confined and prevented from flying into the atmosphere. The drawer may be removed from time to time to empty its contents. kept clean, is portable and may be used with safety, assuring at all times that even if turned over on one side the ashes will not become dislodged. But because of the base portion and the low center of gravity the upsetting of the device is most unlikely.

While I have shown and described my in- 5-'-vention with some. degree of particularity, I

realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing'from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subject matter being claimed.

Having shown and described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An ash receiver comprising a receptacle having an opening in its top, a superposed body positioned over said opening and comscraping the ash municating therewith, means for removing the contents of said receptacle, a plate positioned within the superposed body, said plate having a blade like pro ection for flicking or from a cigar, cigarette or pipe.

2. An ash receiver comprising a receptacle having an opening in its top, a superpose body on said receptacle and communicating therewith, a sliding drawer within said repeptacle, the front wall of said drawer having top and'side flanges interfitting with the top and side of the receptacle, locking means for said drawer,

. posed body including a blade like projection for flicking or scraping the ash from a cigar, cigarette or pipe. o

. 3. An ash. receiver comprlsing a substantially rectangular casing havin an opening in its top, a superposed,

smaller ody on sai receptacle and communicating therewith through an opening in" its bottom, a slid ng drawer in the' front of the said receptacle for the removal of ashes deposited therein through the superposed body and a blade like projection positioned within the super- The device may be easily-- I frictionall engaging and means within the superlng disposed diagonally of the nterior of said osed body for flicking or scraping the ash I rom a cigar, cigarette or pipe.

4. An ash receiver comprising a substantially rectangular casing having an opening in its top, a superposed body on said receptacle and communicatin therewith, said body comprising four wa ls having bottom flanges attached to the top of the casing, a sliding drawer removable through the front of the casing and an inverted T-shaped plate having a blade like projection wlthin the superposed body for flicking or scraping the ash from a cigar, cigarette or pipe.

5. An ash receiver comprising a substantially rectangular casing having an opening in its top, a superposed body on said receptacle and communicating therewith, said body having an opening in its bottom and open at its top, a sliding drawer removable through the front of the casing, and an inverted T-shaped of and within the lnterior of said superposed body, said plate having a blade like upright projection extending above the top of the superposed body, said projection having blunt edges for flicking or scraping the ash from a cigar, cigarette or pipe.

6. An ash receiver comprising a receptacle having an opening in its top, a superposed body positioned over said opening and communicating therewith, means for removing the contents of said receptacle, av flat plate frictionall on aging the side walls of said superpose right blade like projection for flicking or scraping the ash from a cigar, cigarette or pipe.

An ash receiver comprising a receptacle having an opening in its top, a superposed body positioned over said opening and communicating therewith, means for removing the contents of said receptacle, a flat plate the side walls of said superpose body, rests formed with said late and acentral upright blade like proection for flicking or scraping the ash from d a cigar, cigarette or pipe.

' 8. ,An ash receiver comprising a receptacle having an opening -in its top, a superposed body positioned over said opening and communicating therewith, means for removing the contents of said rece tacle,'a flat plate within the superposed b0 y, said plate becommunicating therewith, means for remov-- ing the contents of'said receptacle, a flat plate within the superposedzbody said plate b0 y, said plate having an upbeing disposed diagonally of the interior of said body, vertical strips formed with said .plate frictionally engaging the walls of said body, rests on the upper .ends ofsaid strips,

- said rests being seated in notches on the o posed walls of said body, and a central bla 0 like projection integral with the plate for flicking or scraping the ash from a cigar, cigarette or pipe. r

In testimony whereof'he has aflixed his signature. I

HARRY ABRAHAM STERN. 

